1,371 – Number of days since Alex Kovalev played at the Bell Centre in a Canadiens uniform, dating back to April 22, 2009 against the Bruins, returning to his old stomping grounds for the first time as a member of the Panthers on Tuesday night.

2 – Number of players in uniform on Tuesday night who weren’t even born when Kovalev made his NHL debut in October 1992, including Kovy’s current Panthers teammate Jonathan Huberdeau and Canadiens rookie Alex Galchenyuk.

10 – Number of times in as many games that former Habs netminder Jose Theodore has taken in a game at the Bell Centre as a backup with the visitors since 2008.

23 – Number of years that legendary broadcaster Richard Garneau called Habs games for La soirée du hockey. The Hall-of-Famer was honored prior to puck drop on Tuesday night.

63 – Number of 5-on-3 seconds needed by Andrei Markov to showcase his All-Star power-play prowess, giving the Habs a 2-0 lead off a two-man advantage in the first period.

2 – Number of times in his career that Markov has scored two power play goals in one night, with the other coming on December 19, 2009 against the Islanders, after returning from a 35-game absence.

19:07 – Amount of ice time needed by Galchenyuk to score his first NHL goal, deflecting home a Brandon Prust shot in the second period of his second career NHL game.

28 – Number of years since the last time an 18-year-old scored a goal for the Canadiens, dating back to Petr Svoboda’s rookie season in 1984-85.